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Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New Indiana University research shows many Americans don't know how clean water gets to...

Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A three-year survey of the California Current System along the West Coast of...

Possible correlation shown between TMI nuclear accident and thyroid cancers

Penn State College of Medicine researchers have shown, for the first time, a possible correlation between the partial meltdown of...

All heart patients have some liver disease after fontan surgery

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Patients who undergo the Fontan operation as children for a complex congenital heart defect are...

Mayo Clinic, Baxter launch research and development collaboration

(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic and Baxter International Inc. today announced a new research and development collaboration to advance innovation across...

Storytime a ‘turbocharger’ for a child’s brain

Credit: Cincinnati Children's While reading to children has many benefits, simply speaking the words aloud may not be enough to...

Scientists ID 100 memory genes, open new avenues of brain study

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 31, 2017 - Scientists have identified more than 100 genes linked to memory, opening...

Clinical trial shows experimental drug’s ability to knock down pancreatic cancer’s defense

Credit: Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE -- May 31, 2017 -- By adding an experimental drug to...

Clinical trial investigates Alzheimer’s disease drug in people with Down syndrome

A phase 2 clinical trial in young adults with Down syndrome of a drug being investigated for the treatment of...

Supportive housing improves health of formerly homeless people with HIV/AIDS

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Ask Elizabeth Bowen about the intersection of homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States and she'll respond...

Health care process a roadblock for adolescents with autism and their caregivers

Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - For most people, trips to the doctor can be quite scary. For adolescents...

Common acne medication offers new treatment for multiple sclerosis

A Canadian clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), at the Cumming School...

Zinc may hold key to fighting liver disease

June 1, 2017

Credit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research New research from the Westmead Institute's Storr Liver Centre in collaboration with the...

More to the bunch: Study finds large chromosomal swaps key to banana domestication

Bananas are one of the most important staple crops of the tropics, transported with great care over great distances to...

Study makes breakthrough in understanding of proteins and their impact on immune system

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have made a breakthrough in the understanding of how our genetic make-up can impact...

The Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting

Boulder, Colo., USA: Geoscientists in the North American Rocky Mountain region and beyond will convene on 9-10 June in Calgary,...

Aerospace engineer to get tough on ceramics with Office of Naval Research grant

Namiko Yamamoto, assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, was recently awarded $447,663 through the Office of Naval Research...

Drone vs. truck deliveries: Which create less carbon pollution?

Credit: University of Washington Delivering packages with drones can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in certain circumstances as compared to truck...

Rice lab creates tough, but tender, cancer fighters

Credit: Nicolaou Group/Rice University Rice University scientists have developed and evaluated analogs of potent anti-tumor agents known as epothilones using...

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